What is 21st Century Learning? (An example of my PLN)
What does it look like in the classroom?
Why is it important?
How do we get it into our schools, into the hands of our teachers, administrators, and most important, out students.
Well equipped teachers and support
Expecting product from students.
access to technology
professional development
necessity for using it
Ideas for the focus of our next meeting.
What does 21st Century Learning look like? Let's begin exploring.
Why?
The District
Administrators
Administrators should be sharing their ideas with the community through blogging, or some sort of sharing platform.
They should be using some of the tools that students will be expected to use in their future, ie rss, social networking, connected learning,...
Mark Prensky's ASCD article, Turning on the Lights, March 2008 - Mark Prensky offers Principles for Principals on how learning should take place in our schools.
Teachers
Teachers need to document the use of technology in the classroom. Compare test scores of those that teach the same content, one with authentic use of technology, one more traditional. Chances are, the test scores will be comparable. However, in one year, the ones that have been engaged in authentic learning opportunities will remember more. We Got Your Back - Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach
On assessment, Clarence Fischer, at Remote Access, claims that we need to assess product and process..Social Networks and Assessment.
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Focus Group Meeting for March 25
What is 21st Century Learning? (An example of my PLN)What does it look like in the classroom?
Why is it important?
How do we get it into our schools, into the hands of our teachers, administrators, and most important, out students.
Ideas for the focus of our next meeting.
What does 21st Century Learning look like? Let's begin exploring.
Why?
The District
Administrators
Administrators should be sharing their ideas with the community through blogging, or some sort of sharing platform.They should be using some of the tools that students will be expected to use in their future, ie rss, social networking, connected learning,...
Instructional Support Staff
Parents
The School
Administrators
Mark Prensky's ASCD article, Turning on the Lights, March 2008 - Mark Prensky offers Principles for Principals on how learning should take place in our schools.Teachers
Teachers need to document the use of technology in the classroom. Compare test scores of those that teach the same content, one with authentic use of technology, one more traditional. Chances are, the test scores will be comparable. However, in one year, the ones that have been engaged in authentic learning opportunities will remember more. We Got Your Back - Sheryl Nussbaum-BeachParents
Students
The Classroom
Students
Teachers
Parents
Administrators
These are articles I've shared that provide a discussion of using technology in education.